If you’re perimenopausal or menopausal and you’re ready to embrace this
empowering natural transition rather than resisting it…
Journey with me to reclaim the
wise woman ready to be birthed
from within you.
gateways through the menopausal journey to your
authentic, empowered, wise woman self.
Let me guess…
You feel something bigger, deeper, and more powerful than anything you’ve known so far pulling you towards it. Your soul is calling from the heart of your being!
I totally understand the pull.
During perimenopause, I went through a death/rebirth process triggered by the death of my mother and a cancer diagnosis. I fell in love and moved to New Mexico, where I married holistic psychiatrist Dr.Florian Birkmayer. I spent the next five years in the underworld, bringing light to my shadow, piecing together the fragments of myself, and letting go. I realized that my psyche was continually taking me through the alchemical stages – they are its natural processes.
I not only came back stronger, healthier, wiser, and in touch with my authentic essence, I realized that menopause is a powerful initiation that prepares women for their role as leaders and peacemakers. Since then, I have been holding space, guiding, and teaching women the tools necessary to become their strongest, most authentic selves with the belief that this work is not just for ourselves as women but for the whole world.
There has never been a more important time for older women to come forward and voice their truth.
Women are alchemical vessels – we are the cauldron.
The doorway of perimenopause is a portal to the most powerful stage of our lives! It starts the transition into menopause, the transformational journey to becoming a wise feminine elder – a crone.
Yet, society has repressed the older woman for centuries, for example, in the witchcraft trials in the fourteenth century in Europe.
Society is threatened by the power of the crone. She sees the truth. She can be fierce like the Dark Goddess. Her power has been stolen by the dominant patriarchal society.
Women have been duped into believing that their power is in their youth, their beauty, and their fertility, while this is an inevitable biological stage, their true power is in the wisdom of their elderhood.
We wouldn’t give prepubescent girls medications to stop them from becoming women. Why do we give older women HRT to stop them from becoming wise elders?
The initiation of menopause takes a woman within where she navigates all aspects of herself and transforms her life experiences into wisdom.
But we need a framework to lead us through this deeply feminine journey. We need a roadmap for transformation, a language that resonates with our experiences.
We need to know what we are going through is normal and part of the natural journey of becoming.
The portals of transformation of the psyche offer women the opportunity to deeply know themselves and trust that their unconscious will weave a beautiful story of healing, empowerment, and transformation.
The first step is committing to yourself, to your creativity, to your soul’s wisdom, and to your authentic and unique transformation.
Introducing the Alchemy of Menopause
It’s the only framework of its kind that leads you through the seven stages of alchemical transformation unique to menopause.
Each alchemical stage is a gateway in the transformational journey to becoming a wise feminine elder – a crone.
With each gateway, we will leave parts of ourselves behind and discover hidden parts that are ready to speak their truths
The Seven Stages of Alchemical Transformation to Guide you Through Menopause
| Stage / Portal | Key Energy | Challenge | Physical resonance | Soul Transformation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcinatio | Fire | Identifying and burning through outdated survival strategies | Hot flashes | Birth of a new cycle Courage Empowerment Change |
| Solutio | Water | Allowing unconscious material to become conscious - emotions, memories, dreams… | Cold night sweats. | Relationship with inner knowledge and wisdom |
| Coagulatio | Earth | Accepting the physical body and it’s changing Integrating through the physical body | Changes | Manifestation of authentic self Honest intimacy |
| Sublimatio | Air | Seeing the whole Higher perspective | Clairvoyance | Knowing everything is connected Navigating the collective unconscious |
| Mortificatio | Inner earth Decomposing earth | Letting go of what is holding you back, of what is no longer actual in your life. | Letting go of youth, fertility, old self… | Resonating with the Dark Goddess archetype. Navigating the underworld. |
| Separatio | Air | Shadow work | Seeing all parts of self - youthful face, crone face. Triple goddess. Inner tyrant, sacred masculine | Awareness. Witnessing Self. |
| Coagulatio | Spirit penetrating matter | Bringing opposite parts of the self together | Expressing intuitive, psychic and deep inner knowing through consciousness. | Inner union Wholeness |
How it works
The Journey will consist of 9 weekly two-hour sessions (18 hours total)
Session 1: We will form the circle and gather the tools that will help us navigate the alchemical journey ahead of us.
Session 2: We will learn to work with the fire of transformation.
Session 3: We will encounter the power of the unconscious and how to partner with it.
Session 4: We will learn the power of embodiment and making matter conscious.
Session 5: We will rise in consciousness by unlocking the challenging psychic states with a deep understanding of the psyche.
Session 6: We will find the courage to let go of what is no longer serving us so it can become the humus of our new growth.
Session 7: We will learn to honor all parts of ourselves, including the shadow.
Session 8: The sacred inner marriage – partnering with the sacred masculine within.
Session 9: Crowning a crown – a ritual to celebrate and anchor your transformation.
We will meet via Zoom, and sessions will be recorded if you’re unable to attend any of the classes. You will have lifetime access to the recordings.
A private Slack workspace will be available for sharing, reflecting, and asking questions between sessions.
We will use a selection of essential oils as guides throughout this journey. You can choose to do the journey without aromas, use your own or buy my alchemy of menopause kit of 17 essential oils
Meet your Guide
I’m Cathy Skipper, and I’m here to guide you inwards towards your soul’s path. To help you re-connect with your deep feminine and regain your true strength. To help you heal your wounds. To remind you to love yourself. To be autonomous. To exist for yourself. To create your own changes and transformations.
I'm here to journey with you and a powerful, amazing group of women so life can live through us. So we can develop trust in ourselves and the wisdom of life. So that, through self-knowledge and intimacy with our psyches, we love ourselves and our sovereignty.
Freedom is remembering who we truly are.
JOIN ME FOR THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Join Me!
Price $599
Includes
9 – 2-hour Zoom sessions
PDF of the Alchemy of Menopause workbook
Become certified in The Alchemy of Menopause so you can share this material in your communities.
Eligible to join the Alchemy of Menopause facilitator group
“What a wonderfully rich and unique gift for women seeking themselves through and beyond menopause.” Karen W
“What stunning reflections, teachings, wisdom, rituals, and guidance through this stage of woman’s journey.” GJ
You’re ready to become a woman of wisdom. You’re ready to embark on a journey of transformation. If you want to discover the secret power of elderhood. If you want to become the elder with a twinkle in her eye. If you know that the voice of an initiated elder is what the world needs now.
By the end of our time together…
You’ll have transformed your life experiences into your wisdom
You’ll have a renewed power and motivation for your life
You’ll become an important voice in the world.
You’ll have reclaimed hidden parts of yourself and will be well on your way to becoming whole.
You will know how to trust your intuition and your natural clairvoyant capacities.
You will have learned integrated a lifelong framework for guiding yourself and others.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I do this course if I am post-menopausal?
Yes, many post-menopausal women have been through this journey. If you feel you didn’t make the most of menopause, this class is a great way to go back and claim your rightful power.